Working On Our Interactive Book

Last year I did a post about making an interactive book.  This book was a great place to start teaching Adeline how to do some matching.  When introducing matching to a child it is important to begin with something that is familiar and simple.  Using a simple board book that your child has looked at and you have read to them a number of times is a good place to start.  This way your child is matching two simple pictures.  In the beginnning you may need to do some hand over hand to help introduce the concept.

Adeline has matched this book a lot, so now we are at the place where I can take all the pictures off, place them in a group, and then find the matching picture.

 
Interactive books can serve as great quiet books as well. 

I Like to Eat!

Adeline is not a very good fruit and vegetable eater, but she will drink them, so she drinks many green and fruit smoothies.  In my last post I told you about the Tar Heel Reader website that I have recently discovered.  I am using a lot of ink but it is sooo worth it.  Today I finished this Fruit and Vegetable book.  I wanted to make it interactive so I had my wonderful daughter find some google images to match each page and print them up.  I laminated everything and added velcro to the interactive pieces.

Adeline already has a background knowledge of her fruits because we have used these cards in our Little Reader Program.  This program has helped me help Adeline in so many ways.  She is learning to say the words as she is learning to comprehend and read the words

 
We worked on "cut the carrot" "cut the apple"  to add some connection between the book and our Melissa and Doug fruits and vegtables.

We did not work on these today but here are a couple fruit puzzles that we also work on at times.  The top puzzle Adeline has had for quit awhile it is larger with big nobs and bottom has the tiny little nobs that she is starting to move into.

Making an Interactive Matching Book

     I made this interactive matching book for Adeline and I thought I would share it with you.  I used a book that has a single picture for each page and copied each page.  I then cut out the pictures and laminated them.  I put a little velcro on the back of the picture and also on the page with the matching picture.

     I think we will be able to use this book for awhile since there are many possibilities.  Right now I take the pictures off the two side by side pages and have Adeline put them on.   She really enjoys this book!